The exceptionally strong Grenke Chess Classic will take place 2-9 february in Baden-Baden. The defending champion is Viswanathan Anand who was in great shape during London Chess Classic 2014. We will most probably witness strong play from him anew. His extremely solid Berlin Wall Defence is surely one of the openings to be played by him.
Results from round 1:
GM Adams, Michael, England (2738) – GM Najditsch, Arkadij, Germany (2706) draw
GM Aronian, Levon, Armenia (2777) – GM Carlsen, Magnus, Norway (2865) draw
GM Bacrot, Etienne, France (2711) – GM Baramidze, David, Germany (2594) draw
GM Caruana, Fabiano, Italy (2811) – GM Anand, Viswanathan, India (2797) draw
A short recap from the first round.
Round 2 has the following meetings:
GM Anand, Viswanathan, India (2797) – GM Najditsch, Arkadij, Germany (2706)
GM Carlsen, Magnus, Norway (2865) – GM Adams, Michael, England (2738)
GM Baramidze, David, Germany (2594) – GM Aronian, Levon, Armenia (2777)
GM Caruana, Fabiano, Italy (2811) – GM Bacrot, Etienne, France (2711)
The games start 15.00 (CET) every day except 5th february which is a rest day. The games can be followed live at chess24.com with excellent comments by GM Jan Gustafsson and GM Nigel Short.
There is more information on the organizer’s homepage.

Viswanathan Anand, India, is the defending champion in Grenke Chess Classic, Baden-Baden 2015. (Photo: Stefan64, 2007)




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